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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. E. L. TEVIS. TOBACCO STRIPPING MACHINE.

No. 467,143. Patented Jan 12, 1892.

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B. L. TEVI$K TOBACCO STRIPPING mam Patented Jam. 12, 1892.

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The object of my intmntion i, to constt wt, :1. machine ifor etfectiv w r eration known as sing; is to sgty, the removal oi .i leaf; and this object l min the tiiztiihul' hereinafter set. forth, rt we nf ll lw'i to the accompanying ll't-\'lit};.5. in A'littilt Figure l is a vertical on it tobaccostripping machine eon with mylnvention. l view of the same, partly is a front elevation oi and Fig. 4. is a, diagram ilhii cation of part of the machine. are detached Views llltifs modifications.

A A represent :st itnbh" "iii '.lklt'll in \shieh are mounted lieztrin J ehat'ts "i. I, of lower and upper rolls ii and l each f hi h has a coating d of rubber or oth r elastic or semi-elastic mate ml, the inrni'ing of the upper roll-shaft I,- being acted upon ligzi spring 0', tending to depress mid upper roll with a lit :littl t of the lower it'ing :i lrii'inghelt n l on fwktll shaft e with it apt pinion on a counter-shaft i", having bevel wheels It, which mesh with hex'el-pinions It. on short transverse shalt. the iattercarrying,' at their front r-inl Jl'Uhllill' ll'llilifi i, each armed with proic 1, pre ably composed of felifii: .vt-Qil-Uni 01' whe tubing or other strips,

N til U11) roll has a pulleyffori 10m any adjacent pul l l i t this BACtIZO STRIPPlNG MACi-HNE.

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live model! through .slot in the in Fig. Ihztnd is hung on said plate r, the

lower plate It, as shown to a depending bracket. lever being acted upon h 2t emit-groove formed in the periphery of Extending from one stan ard to the other 3 between these two plates ttcut'ting-hlwlc I 1 havinz its front edge by prefer-cum: toothed or serrated, PL; shown in t. The cuttingblade has an opening for the re c otion of the upper end of ti 0 depending leaf portions are A to I,

.i on the haft ol the lower roil, so that 'ifii' i'ttiliitf motion is immt te l to mi e When the iniitn l oi the lr-zti" is him in the trough formed i the Wings to, the leaf portion will hang down below mid trough, the aetion oi" the fingers .50? the ln'ushing-drulns tending to straighten out the leaf, which in its natural eondition is curled up arou thorium. Am

the lent is fed inward, the .Slflill is caught hetween the upper and lower rolls and is mpidlytl awn forwa and at the Same time the nut. oiT. close up e nteni by the action of the reciprocating; knife, this action continuin; until the stem l is no longei of sutlicient size o be retained by the trough formed by the wing. m or to resist. the downward thrmt of the lingers Tot" the in-usliing .lruins, rltetetiynm he leal'isdi charged downward into any so wle receptoretc and the detached fitfill'! i ipt forward nod delin- 'rom th rolls 1'; l). 225' thi .IHL-ZLHH leai' 52.x lent may he rapidly acted on by tinmachine. and one attendant man have charge of the feeding of it number ot 'nrzehines so that the stripping oi the tol,-:=e:;o one he u tented much more rapidly ztnd at much less 'oznsc than the usual hand-stripping pro and. more cfeetiveiyzilso than in any tostripping time? Ye with ishi 'zh l it! li tliiiiia iv Various lilOitHFimay he oinpioytl for new suing the :Ultii knife. and, it d ..,ire sai knife may have it rotary motion, instead of n. retiproettting motion. For lHStZHiCQ, in Fig.5. t how: ,1 rotm'y knife p,dri'.'cn from :Qmtte "i by means of a. belt n: and

irel the knife may he guided on the npner late m and the lower plateinttyljie innitt' shown in Fig. 5; or, on the other hand, the ipper plate may be omitted and the t wer i--io te l plate may serve as the sttpport for the 5 oi" the leaf, as sho n in Put 5t. illilf", described my invent i, i n; le ire to eeeure by Letter. Patent 1. The combination, in a tobaccostrippint,

: machine, of a pair of feeding-rolls, a slotted trough serving as it support for the stemof the lent, and a moving knife forenttiiig the stem from the leaf, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in :t tobaceo-stripping machine, ot a pair of feed-rolls, the trough haying flaring sides and slotted bottom, so as to form a support for the stem of the leaf, and the moving cutting-knife beneath said trough, substantially as specified.

1;. The combination of the f0(l l'0ll5, the stcm-supptn'ting trough, the slotted plate beneath the some, and a. moving cutting-knife between said trough and plate, substantially as specified.

4. The combination of the fced-r0lls, a support for the stem of the leaf, a reciprocating knife, and a grooved cam-disk on onejof the feed-roll shafts for actuating said knife, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN L. TlCVlS.

Witnesses:

EUGENE ELTERICH, HARRY SMITH. 

